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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

So, I am ashamed to admit that I have never, ever made an apple pie before. I am ashamed because I live in Western New York where apples not only abound but much of the area spends the whole Fall throwing apple festivals and every person I know makes a huge deal about picking weekends and baking extravaganzas. I have also never liked apple pie...until now.After perusing a million recipes online, I finally decided to just pull out my Betty Crocker cookbook and just go basic. I bought four different apple varieties to try and achieve the perfect sweet, tart apple yummy-ness (Macintosh, Empire, Jonamac and Braedon). I peeled, cored and thinly sliced.I also munched a lot on these along the way...and so did my dog.

I was most nervous about making the crust so I did a bottom crust only and made a crumble for the top. I figured if the crust was bad, at least there would be some good sugary sweetness on top. The process was super-easy and it rolled out nicely. I didn't look perfect but I can live with that.Since I was an apple pie newbie, I did not tweak a whole lot of the recipe. The only change I made was substituting some of the white sugar with dark brown sugar. The end result-love! I loved this pie. It cooked up perfectly. The crust was delicious and perfectly golden. Bonus-my house smelled AMAZING.

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